Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

The first step toward faith is to admit that we don't know everything.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

Sleep is the best meditation.

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

When you listen to someone, you should give up all your preconceived ideas and your subjective opinions.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

The obstacle is the path.

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

Meditation is not about escaping from difficulty but about meeting it with awareness.

When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

The more we understand the nature of our mind, the more we understand the nature of our world.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.